Definition of Lock

Noun

• any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
  
• a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
  - ignition lock
• enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level
  used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
  - lock chamber
• a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
  
• a strand or cluster of hair
  curl ringlet whorl
• a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
  

Verb

• build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
  
• pass by means through a lock in a waterway
  
• place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
  "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"
  "She locked her jewels in the safe"
  - lock in - lock away - put away - shut up - shut away - lock up
• hold fast (in a certain state)
  "He was locked in a laughing fit"
  
• become engaged or intermeshed with one another
  "They were locked in embrace"
  interlock
• hold in a locking position
  "He locked his hands around her neck"
  interlock interlace
• become rigid or immoveable
  "The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise"
  
• keep engaged
  "engaged the gears"
  engage mesh operate
• fasten with a lock
  "lock the bike to the fence"
  

Word games points for the Lock

• Scrabble® score of the lock (10)
• Word Chums® score of the lock (15)
• Words With Friends® score of the lock (12)

Unscramble lock

4 unscramble word found using the letters lock.

col, ko, lo, lock,